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Buaraphan, Khajornsak – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
Beliefs are a complex psychological construct that have potential to drive a person to make decisions and act. A person's metaphors can serve as roots of their beliefs. In this study, the metaphor construction task (MCT) was utilized to uncover beliefs about teaching and learning held by 216 educational supervisors from 10 provinces in the central…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Beliefs, Supervisors
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Goode, Jackie – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
There is in higher education a powerful discourse of "independent learning". While there may be pedagogical rationales to support the desirability of increased independence at the tertiary stage, it may also serve other institutional agendas, such as functioning as a way for academic staff to "manage" the frustrations…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Doctoral Programs, Learning Strategies, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship